Regulation
EU fails to adopt CSDDD
EU member states fail to support the CSDDD after nearly two years of negotiations
Climate risks ‘financially material’ to fiduciary duty Law Committee tells trustees
Climate change is a financially material factor which trustees should consider as part of their fiduciary duty, a UK committee advising investors on financial law has argued
Biodiversity credit markets: what are next the next steps?
Environment Bank’s Emma Toovey talks about how voluntary markets can avoid the mistakes of the carbon market and why asset owners would buy credits
Carbon dioxide removals: On your marks, get set, emit?
In the aftermath of the COP28, experts re-examine the role of carbon removal technologies to help us reach carbon neutrality
Should climate investors worry about the European elections?
A rightward drift in the upcoming European elections is unlikely to have a major impact on EU climate policy
Setting a nature price: how does this work in practice?
If the targets set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework are to be realised, investors could soon face some far reaching policy changes
EU doubles down on circular economy
Meeting biodiversity and climate goals “won’t be possible” without a transition to a circular economy, the European Commission said, but the bloc still has some way to make investment accessible
New FCA sustainability rules won’t deliver accountability for climate harm
Mick McAteer co-director at the Financial Inclusion Centre and former FCA board member argues that the UK watchdog's sustainability disclosure and investment label regime will not be enough to hold investors accountable for climate harm
Asia’s asset owners are ready to invest in the energy transition, pending a policy signal
Asia is the most critical piece of the global net zero puzzle but policy headwinds deter investments in the energy transition
The EU is chasing net zero autonomy, but at what cost?
A new amendment to the EU’s net zero industry act has expanded the list of strategic technologies to include nuclear and fusion technology, increasing the range of risks it is willing to take on
The elusive quest for fossil fuel peaks: inside the World Energy Outlook 2023
What should asset owners take away from the IEA’s flagship report?
Most institutional investors still lack deforestation policy
The amount of capital flowing into deforestation dwarves positive investments, despite the key role forests play in tackling climate change